Education
Born at Tenterden to grazier William Martin Wade and Ann Hogan, he attended school at Tenterden and Inverell before finding work at the Lands Department in Narrabri.
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He remarried Claire Vaughan Reece, née Williams, on 10 January 1927, with whom he also had three children. She died on 26 March 1952 in Rome. After resigning from the Lands Department to teach at Inverell, Wade travelled to Sydney and entered the building trade, establishing his own Inverell business in 1905.
He became a local grazier, and was an alderman at Inverell from 1921 to 1923, 1948 to 1952 and 1953 to 1958 (serving as mayor 1956-1958).
In 1932, Wade was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Country Party member for Barwon. He held the seat until 1940.
Wade died at Inverell in 1958.
Membership
He was also a member of North West County Council (1949-1951, 1954-1958).
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Political Party
Country Party member